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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
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Subject: just try once to create ~/.emacs.d
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:25:37 +0800
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One day try
# su - nobody
$ emacs
You'll get these messages, more than one a minute:
  make-directory: Creating directory: permission denied, //.emacs.d
OK, but how about have it just try once, else "frequent visual bells
may send some users into epileptic seizures, and who's going to pay
for that?"